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Ohio State holds at 4th in 2013 BCS Top 25 rankings

On the heels of an impressive, dominant victory over Big Ten Leaders division rivals, Penn State, Ohio State finds themselves stuck in 4th for a second straight week in the BCS standings.

By Luke Zimmermann
Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports

As widely expected, after defeating Penn State 63-14 this past weekend (on a huge recruiting weekend no less), for a second straight week, Ohio State finds themselves 4th in the BCS standings.

Ahead of them, just like last week, are #1 Alabama of the SEC, the #2 Oregon Ducks of the Pac-12, and the ACC's Florida State. A week prior, Florida State was second with the Ducks third. Oregon's victory over previously #12 UCLA likely helped their strength of schedule to regress to the mean a bit, allowing for the jump many had been projecting for some time.

For Ohio State, the narrative remains precisely the same: survive and advance. Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer has been referring to OSU's state as "March Madness" – and he's not wrong. If Ohio State handles their business, everything else is essentially out of their control. It's possible they win the Big Ten championship and finish no higher than 4th in the standings. Of course should just two teams slip up...

The Massey Computer ranking continues to be the cruelest to Ohio State, but the teams' highest and lowest computer rankings are both excluded from the actual formula. With those two removed, the Buckeyes' average amongst the remaining computers? The same as the human polls: 4th.

Here were the complete, full BCS standings for Week 10 (the second release overall):

BCS Harris Poll USA Today Computer Rankings
RK TEAM AVG PVS RK PTS % RK PTS % AVG A&H RB CM KM JS PW %
1 Alabama .9937 1 1 2590 .9962 1 1542 .9948 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 .990
2 Oregon .9517 3 2 2492 .9585 2 1483 .9568 2 3 2 1 2 4 3 .940
3 Florida State .9211 2 3 2386 .9177 3 1419 .9155 3 2 5 4 3 1 2 .930
4 Ohio State .8840 4 4 2301 .8850 4 1375 .8871 4 4 3 3 8 5 4 .880
5 Stanford .7918 6 6 2035 .7827 7 1182 .7626 5 6 4 5 4 6 6 .830
6 Baylor .7645 8 5 2130 .8192 5 1293 .8342 10 10 11 7 12 9 10 .640
7 Miami (FL) .7560 7 7 1977 .7604 6 1190 .7677 6 5 15 6 7 8 9 .740
8 Clemson .6687 9 8 1767 .6796 8 1064 .6865 10 11 7 11 10 11 8 .640
9 Missouri .6096 5 9 1510 .5808 10 834 .5381 8 9 9 8 5 10 7 .710
10 Oklahoma .6064 15 10 1475 .5673 9 933 .6019 9 7 6 9 11 13 12 .650
11 Auburn .6025 11 11 1453 .5588 11 804 .5187 7 8 18 10 6 7 5 .730
12 Texas A&M .4812 16 13 1364 .5246 14 758 .4890 14 16 19 13 13 18 14 .430
13 LSU .4630 13 12 1408 .5415 13 802 .5174 16 20 10 23 15 20 16 .330
14 South Carolina .4486 21 17 1043 .4012 16 627 .4045 12 12 8 18 9 16 13 .540
15 Texas Tech .3749 10 14 1093 .4204 15 673 .4342 17 18 14 16 22 22 21 .270
16 Fresno State .3669 17 18 965 .3712 18 542 .3497 15 13 25 14 NR 14 11 .380
17 Northern Illinois .3335 18 20 650 .2500 20 373 .2406 13 17 12 12 14 3 15 .510
18 Oklahoma State .3113 19 15 1081 .4158 12 803 .5181 29 NR NR NR NR NR NR .000
19 Louisville .2599 20 16 1056 .4062 17 579 .3735 29 NR 17 NR NR NR NR .000
20 UCLA .2338 12 19 683 .2627 19 432 .2787 21 25 20 NR 19 23 20 .160
21 Michigan .1875 22 21 528 .2031 21 309 .1994 21 14 22 17 24 NR 25 .160
22 Michigan State .1811 NR 23 391 .1504 24 237 .1529 18 23 NR 15 18 17 22 .240
23 UCF .1789 23 22 502 .1931 22 300 .1935 23 NR 16 25 NR 21 17 .150
24 Wisconsin .0993 NR 24 350 .1346 23 253 .1632 29 NR NR NR NR NR NR .000
25 Notre Dame .0928 NR NR 91 .0350 25 83 .0535 19 21 13 21 20 25 23 .190

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